Re: Addch() eats spaces and tabs on the last line of a window

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, karim hamidou wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a text editor using ncurses and I use addch() to print
> text to the edition window. My problem is that addch() eats the spaces
> and tabs on the last line of the window in a desperate effort to make
> everything fit in the window.

The code does use spaces to emulate tabs on the last line of a window.
(doesn't sound like what you're talking about).

Perhaps not specifically tabs and spaces, but running into the lower-right
corner of the window.

> I suppose that it also makes the window "unscrollable".

man scrollok (by default, windows don't scroll)

> Is this a bug and/or is there a workaround ?
>
> ps: I'm using ncurses 5.6.20071124

I did make a fix related to wrapping of multibyte characters a few months
ago (different symptoms), but bugs in this area aren't that common.

more details about the program might help me guess...

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